Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-05-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

n CALL has been made for the reunion Of
the original California 4acrs.
InE Hay State Agricultural Society has
decided TO hold no county fairs this year.
ITALY has tho largest gen in tho world
Is foriy-six feet long and weighs IFS
tons.
AS many as n hundred Quakings OF the
earth day have been registered in New
Zealand.
| DAVID HosrErrER, OF bittcrs fame, In
worth sio,oOO,Oo0. Twenty-Five years ago
he was a pcddler.
| a nrrnAIiLrusE Is being tried i'm the Aus
trian army which will hreA thousand bul.
lots in ninety seconds.
n NFw foRK man advcrtises TO restore
old paintings. A witty exchange wonders
how many he has stolen.
| WEDDING cake was imported from Lon
don for marriage which took place In
New York few DAYS ago.
| THE output OF the locomotive works OF
the country now averages from thirty six
10 forty engines per week
| Mrs. MAcKAY, wife Of the Nevada mining
millionaire, will soon leave Paris TO make
her home In San Francisco.
| a "JUBILEE drinknis is being advertised
In London. Jubilee coffin" had pro-
| Nlously maze It's appearance.
| The Grant monument committee now
think 100000 sufficient for the proposed
memorial TO tho dead chieftain.
1T is estimated that 1000 men on the New
York police force weigh 10000 pounds or
an average of 200 pounds a man.
| RUSSIAN engineer has discovered q
process OF crystallizing petroleum 30 II
may be transported more easily.
| FouR hundred young men of Louisville
have formed an organization for business
| purposes and TO "boomm the city.
THERE are 1890 papers in the United
States and Territories, including Canada,
an increase OF 5Sl during last year.
| SIDNEY WooILETT, the elocutionisL IL
said 10 have memorized more than three
hundred thousand verses of poetry.
| AT tho mouth Of a Cornish mine there is
this advice: "Do not fall down this shaft,
as there are men at work at the bottom Of
| it.n
DIR. voN KLEIN, Dayton (O.) linguist,
will undertake the work of translating tho
medical and sanitary features OF the Tai
mud.
THE Queen OF Sweden has undergone an
operation at Stockholm for cancer, hut tho
hopes of her ultimate recovery arc very
doubtful
| LONDON newspapers arc making prepa-
rations and employing correspondents in
anticipation OF war on the continent in the
near future.
AT Bergen, Norway, is n church con.
structed entirely of papier machc. It is
| octagonal In shape and will accommodate
/ 1000 persons.
! AMONG the millionaire girls in Washing
ton society are the Misses Riggs, who sue.
coed, with their brothers, 10 their fathers
banking business.
/ JAY GoULD's new private car, now under
construction, will cost $4,000. IL will be
40 feet long, have five apartments and be
called the Atlanta.
BILLY EMERSON, the minstrel, who writes
his first name with little b, receives $500
week and travels in private car with
his wife wherever he goes
MARK TWAIN often astonishes the good
| people Of Hartford by laughing outrightin
church when the pious pastor says things
the humorist does not believe
THE crater Kilauea Of tho volcano Mauna
Loa, is three miles long, two miles wide
| and in places 500 feet deep The boiling
lava can be seen in many places
THE payroll OF the Queen Of England's
household shows an official ratcatcher at
| Windsor, at a salary Of $50 per annum, and
another for Buckingham Palace at eco
The Jacksonville Southern Leader, a pa
per published by colored men, says that
the 10000 colored citizens OF Florida own
| property 20 the value Of about 100000
THE latest estimates place Belgium az
the head Of the beer drinking countries Of
| Europe. The consumption per capita is
six-tenths in excess Of that Of Germany.
UNCLE BILLY DAVIS, an old negro, living
at Mayfield, KY, thinks he Is centena-
rian, but this did not prevent him from
| marrying girl Of twenty-five the other
day.
JoHS BUNYAN used the slang expression,
'Tt's a cold day for them" in an essay
against the Roman Catholic clergy, which
makes the phrase about two hundred and
twenty years old.
The express robber has no longer tho
monopoly Of crime on the iron highways
| Freight train robbers arc coming 20 tho
front the last discovered crew being on
the IT. Wayne road.
THE most uncommon names in English
are those which begin with x. There are
none In tho New York directory Phla-
delphia, however, presents the.names Of
Xaviers, Xander and Xandry.
! p BIRD y NtHb A0uNN on tNe FOnl near lue
United States mint in Washington, was
beautifully lined with gold The parent
bird had carried on gold dust In its
feathers and shassen them out in its tiny
home
MAHLoS SHAABER, Of Reading, Pa,
stands six feet eight inches high. He
has been appointed 10 tho position Of
chief Of police. He is a unique character
In that place-tho tallcst policeman ia
| America.
Russell Cox, Of Holdernoss, ~ H. wis
is ninety years Of age, Is suffering from a
severe attack OF whooping cough. His
mother, who died recently had the whoop-
ing cough when she was one hundred and
one years Of age.
TIVE United States soldier, when
equipped with rife and cartridge-belS
three days cooked rations and 100 rounds
OF ball cartridges and "kit" Of clothing,
carries a weight Of over fifty Ave pounds
THERr is proposition before the Illinois
Legislature 70 have the school books
printed by tho convicts Of the State prison
AxrHovY BaRmos, son Of the late Prcsi-
dent Of Guatemala, is a student Of West
Point, and young Zarala, son Of the man
who overthrow and caused the death Of
President Barrios. Is also at West Peint
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